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Driven to Atrocities German Commander Claims German Side
American war correspondent E Alexander Powell reports from Ghent to the Chicago Tribune on a German general’s request to present the German version of alleged Belgian atrocities. Powell describes touring the Ninth Imperial Army with General von Boehn, notes German units, field hospitals, and impressive logistics, and recounts blunt claims that civilians and resistance justify harsh reprisals, while recounting incidents at Louvain and Antwerp. Powell also photographs the army as it advances, including a windmill shelling demonstration by Imperial guards.
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E. Alexander Powell
Chicago Tribune
Ninth Imperial Army
Chateau Lafere
Renaix
Belgium
von Voehn
Ninth Imperial Field Army
Moulhpiece
Germian General Staff
Quertion
von Boehn
Shent
van Hee
Burgemaster
von Boelen
van Boehn
Alexander Powell
Powell
Ghent
Donald Thompson
Kaiser
Sottehem
Lille
Paris
Deutsche Kreiser Zeitung
America
Soj| Perfect
Lnes
Thompson
Hussars
Uhlang
Cuirosuiers
France
Imperial Guard
Aerschot
Aecrachot
Ginson
Brussels
Louvain
von Boebn
Antwerp
Fort Riley
Thle
Kannas
Vera Cruz
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Russia
von Bethmann- Hollweg
Gerard
Berlin
William
Count von Bernstorff
Ambasgador
Oscar Straus
G. F. Stewart
London Daily News
Rotterdam
Termonde
Nendermonde
Austria
Cecil Spring-Rice
Washington
Edward Grey
British War Office
London Observer
Liege
Galicia
Rome
Poland
Britain
Maubeuge